Seeing that Hong Nianke was so sure, the old man nodded with satisfaction, then took out something from the black cloth bag he had been holding in his hand and handed it to Hong Nianke.
Hong Nianke took the thing and took a look and found that it turned out to be a black and white photo.
The photo is very old, so old that it is even slightly yellowed. It is estimated that the year must be 50, 60 or 60 years.
The photo is a group photo taken in the mountains. There are nine people in it. For Hong Nianke, who was born in Xiabamenli since she was a child, she recognizes all eight people in it. Perhaps more accurately, she is not I recognize, but have seen, eight of the people in this photo.
They are none other than the older generation of "celebrities" in the Lower Eight Sects.
The reason why the word "celebrity" is put in quotation marks is because these eight people were all eight people who participated in the Wuzi Rebellion.
Although, after the Wuzi Rebellion, many people in the lower eight sects kept silent about this matter and these people, there were still a few sects who would occasionally mention some people and events from that year to the new generation of young people. Son, there is naturally Hong Nianke’s elder among them.
As Hong Nianke, who grew up in Xiabamen, it is not surprising to know these people.
Hong Nianke took a few glances at the photo and found that there wasn't much worth noting in the photo, except for the two people on the far left.
The first is the second person on the far left. This person is not tall. Compared with the people around him, he is more than a head shorter. He is wearing a plain coat. Since the photo is black and white, Hong Nian cannot see the clothes themselves. The color only shows that its workmanship and materials are very particular.
In addition, this person is very young. Judging from the photos, he is in his thirties at most. Compared with the relatively excited expressions of several people around him when taking pictures, this person seems not to be very active at the moment when the camera shutter is pressed. Happy, with a bitter and resentful expression on his face, he turned his body to the right. It felt like he was deliberately avoiding the person standing next to him, or in other words, he was disgusted. The guy who stands by his side.
Hong Nianke frowned and looked at the photo. After a while, he subconsciously looked up at the old man in front of him. Although time can take away many things, it can change a person's appearance, and it can also smooth a person's appearance. People have edges and corners, but there are some things in their bones that can never be changed.
After a few seconds, Hong Nianke was sure that the old man in front of him was the dwarf in the photo.
"But... who is the person next to him?" Hong Nianke secretly wondered: "This guy's entire face is turned sideways... It feels as if he deliberately turned his face away when taking the photo. Turn around. Why did he do this? Did he not want people to see him clearly? Or did he know at that moment that the Wuzi Rebellion would disrupt the next eight sects and turn the world upside down, so he did it on purpose...? But, if this is the case, how did he know...? Who is this person? "
After thinking for a while, Hong Nianke looked up at the old man in front of her and said, "The photo you gave me is..."
The old man looked at Hong Nianke and said word by word: "I want you to help me find someone..."
Hong Nianke pointed to the person on the far left of the photo and asked, "Is that him?"
The old man was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then nodded slightly and said, "That's right! That's the person!"
Hong Nianke asked again: "Since it is something my uncle asked me to do, I will naturally go all out... But do you have any information about this person?"
The old man shook his head and said, "No!"
Hong Nianke seemed to have expected that the old man would say this, so she was not too surprised. She just frowned slightly and said, "That means... you don't know what this person's last name is?"
The old man nodded first, then shook his head.
Hong Nianke frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
The old man sighed and said, "I just know his surname is Hu!"
"The last name is... Hu...!" Hong Nianke was a little surprised by this surname, "You mean he..."
The old man didn't wait for Hong Nianke to finish what he said, and rushed to say: "That's right! It's Hu from the Hu family who stole the Yiyuanzhai family!"
Hong Nianke frowned and said, "If that's the case...then it shouldn't be difficult to find this person!" The old man looked at Hong Nianke and said, "Since that incident happened, old man, I I have been hiding like a mouse for more than sixty years, and I have been looking for this person for more than sixty years, but it is as if this person has never appeared in this world... It has been more than sixty years, and I have never Have you heard any news about this person..."
Hong Nianke heard this and asked hurriedly: "But...since you have been looking for him for so long and there is no news about him, then I..."
The old man stretched out his hand to interrupt Hong Nianke's words and said, "Don't worry about this. The reason why I asked you to find him now is because now I finally have clues about this person."
After Hong Nianke stopped, he nodded slightly and said, "If that's the case, please trouble my uncle to draw a path for me so that I can help you find him quickly."
As soon as Hong Nianke finished speaking, the old man took out two more things from his black cloth pocket and handed them to Hong Nianke.
Hong Nianke took it and took a look and found that it turned out to be a key and a piece of wood as big as a palm.
Both of these things are old items. Let’s not talk about the key first. Just talk about the piece of wood. Hong Nian, who grew up in the capital, has seen pigs running even if he has never eaten pork. He took a look at it in his hand. Then I knew this was no ordinary piece of wood.
This piece of wood is dark red as a whole, and it has been carved into a very strange statue. It looks like the seal carving style from the Western Regions. There is not much to say about this statue, except that its eyes are larger. The thing held in the hand of the statue is rather strange.
"Eternal God Emperor"
Although Hong Nianke was a little curious about this weird shape, at this moment, she was actually more concerned about the material of this piece of wood.
I saw that the cut surface of this dark red wood was obviously layered, which looked like the layered wood grain of raw pork. Not only that, this piece of wood also felt extremely fine when held in the hand. , and what’s even more amazing is that this piece of wood seems to be able to secrete a special kind of oil according to the temperature. Hong Nian can feel that my hands are sticky as long as I hold them in my hands for a while, as if I am really holding a piece of pork. What’s more, Miraculously, a very special aroma also began to waft out from Hong Nianke's palm.
